Question

how do u do this problem 1178/166.97???

Answer 1

very carefully

Answer 2

can you manipulate the division so you are dividing by a whole number and not change the value of that fraction?

Answer 3

what i dont get what yew are saying

Answer 4

so...what you are doing is trying to divide correct?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

so..to make things easier...you want to divide by a whole number...dividing by a decimal like 166.97 is tough

So my question to you was...can you change that division, so that you have a whole number you divide by and not change the value of the problem

Answer 7

soo like 1178/166,970

Answer 8

okay nice!...you are getting the idea...but your numbers a bit off.

Answer 9

so you changed the divisor by a multiple of 1000...what i mean is you multiplied the divisor (166.97) by 1000 to get 166970

but if you do that...you must also multipy the divident (1178) by 1000 or you change the value

Answer 10

ok im in 6th grade and yew are talking on a 10th grade level can yew break it down please :)

Answer 11

okay...one second

Answer 12

ok

Answer 13

this is what you are doing right?

Answer 14

ya i think

Answer 15

what i am suggesting is that you do something...so that the bottom of this fraction is a whole number...like this

Answer 16

that's what you thought of when you gave me your last answer

Answer 17

ok thats wat im doing

Answer 18

okay good...BUT...you cannot just do that...because if you multipy by 1/1000 like that...then you are changing the value of your fraction

Answer 19

so what do you think we can do...so that you don't change the value of your fraction...do something about that 1/1000

Answer 20

try viewing my question

Answer 21

huh?

Answer 22

so mastery...do you have some clever way...to change that 1/1000 so that it won't mess with the value of your fraction?

Answer 23

call me taylor i didt mean to put mastery and wat

Answer 24

k, taylor...did they tell you in class that when you multiply anything by 1 then it does not change the value?

Answer 25

nope

Answer 26

so for example...: 5*1 = 5; 13*1 = 13; 1512*1 = 1512

Answer 27

so anytime you multiply something by 1 ...you never change the value...that includes fractions

Answer 28

i dont know anything about that

Answer 29

ooooooo i think i get it

Answer 30

so for example: 1/2 * 1 = 1/2
3/5 *1 =3/5
37383 / 37382 *1 = 37383/37382
and so on

Answer 31

just any fraction times 1 is still the same fraction...

Answer 32

okay the next thing you need to know is that if you have a fraction...that has the same number on top as on the bottom...then it's always equal to 1

Answer 33

do you believe that?

Answer 34

like... 3/3 = 1
or 5/5 =1
78/78 =1
1000/1000 = 1

Answer 35

im really confused

Answer 36

well, let's do one step at a time...do you believe my last statement...as long as the top number is equal to the bottom number it is equal to 1

Answer 37

like this:

Answer 38

ok

Answer 39

so what im trying to say is that what you did earlier:

Answer 40

is almost correct...but you cannot multiply by just 1/1000 you have to do it by 1000/1000...like this:

Answer 41

because this way...you multiplied by something that is equal to 1 and that won't change the value of your fraction, but now you have a whole number on the bottom...and you can simplify or divide

Answer 42

is there an easier way to do this

Answer 43

not really
the only thing you can do to make the numbers look a bit smaller is to use 100/100 instead of 1000/1000...cause 100/100 will do the trick...you went a bit overboard with multiplying by 1000/1000...but it gets the job done:
so you can do this:

Answer 44

see how doing it this way also gives you a whole number on the bottom...now you can simplify or divide as well

Answer 45

i dont get what yew are saying!!

Answer 46

which part?

Answer 47

the hole thing'

Answer 48

sorry you are gonna have to be more specific

Answer 49

eveything u said so far

Answer 50

please go back to the beginning of this thread and re-read what i wrote...hopefully you will have a more specific question once you do that

Answer 51

ok

Answer 52

still confused

Answer 53

which part?

Answer 54

what was the last line that made sense to you?

Answer 55

never mind i got it!!!!!!!!! thanx sooo much

Answer 56

cool, you are welcome! I'm glad you didn't give up. Good luck

Answer 57

thanx!